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What does God want from the Church in Ireland at this time? In fulfilment of its remit to guide a two-year process of synodal listening and discernment for the Catholic Church in Ireland, the Report from the Steering Committee for the Synodal Pathway of the...

Following the Winter General Meeting of the Irish Bishops' Conference, a research report, commissioned by the National Steering Committee of the Irish Synodal Pathway has now been published. In keeping with the spirit and methodology of the synodal process, the...

In October 2021, Pope Francis announced a Universal Synod on the theme of synodality. Its official title is ‘For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission.’ Following two years of preparation, listening and dialogue at diocesan, continental and...

In the late afternoon of Saturday 28 October 2023, the members of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops adopted the Synthesis Report which was initially published in Italian. The official report is now also available in English by clicking on...

In advance of the first assembly of the Universal Synod, which begins on 4 October 2023 (the last day of the Season of Creation), an ecumenical prayer vigil is taking place in Rome in the presence of Pope Francis and representatives of different Churches, to unite...

On Sunday, 25th June, Mr Thierry Bonaventura, the Communications Manger for the Universal Synod issued the following newsletter and further information in relation to the Instrumentum Laboris and the methodology that will be used for the Synod in October this year....

The Instrumentum Laboris, the official working document for the first session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, was launched today, 20 June 2023. A large number of people from various parts of the world with different expertise prepared...

At the request of the Holy Father, the Secretariat responsible for the Universal Synod has invited the Church around the world to hold a moment of Marian Prayer on 31st May (the Feast of the Visitation and the last day of the Marian Month of May) to place the work...

For the first time in the history of the Synod, Pope Francis has given women voting rights as well as changing the membership of the Synod of Bishops on the theme For A Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission. At a press briefing on 26 April, Cardinal...

​Synod 2021-2024: For a synodal Church: communion, participation and mission  In October 2021 the Catholic Church's synodal process on the theme of synodality began. This was the first time that a worldwide listening process and consultation with parishes and...